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627:Jack Lemmon
609:Los Angeles
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520:Biff Elliot
508:Noam Pitlik
498:as Endicott
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424:David Wayne
400:Jack Lemmon
333:egomaniacal
283:Jack Lemmon
250:$ 4 million
226:105 minutes
168:Technicolor
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1949:1974 films
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928:References
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779:Art Carney
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674:Box office
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478:Jon Korkes
275:drama film
255:Box office
210:1974-12-18
175:Production
1849:Ben Hecht
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504:as McHugh
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432:as Kruger
363:communist
351:death row
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158:Billy May
144:Edited by
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1363:(2004).
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386:reprieve
301:'s 1928
239:Language
154:Music by
92:Starring
61:Based on
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1654:Sabrina
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1072:1 April
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686:On the
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242:English
231:Country
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